OECD/DAC Advisory Note on SEA and Climate Change Adaptability

Gateway to the UN System's work on climate change

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Particularly important are the summaries for policymakers by the three working groups and the (November 2007) 4th Assessment Report (Synthesis Report).

- Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"

- Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"

- Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change"

United States Agency for International Development, Adapting to Climate Variability and Change: A Guidance Manual for Development Plannning, 2007.

Green Paper from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Adapting to climate change in Europe – options for EU action {SEC(2007) 849}, /* COM/2007/0354 final */

Revised SEA and climate change: Guidance for practitioners (June 2007), Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants, Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Natural England, InteREAM and CAG Consultants, UK (1.2MB, slow) The guidance provides links to further reading, including:

- Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) guidance (2007, forthcoming) Strategic environmental assessment and climatic factors: Guidance for practitioners

- UK Department of Communities and Local Government (2006) Planning Policy Statement 25, Development and Flood Risk

- UK Department of Communities and Local Government (2006) Planning and climate change – Consultation on Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1

- UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (2006) Flood and Coastal Defence Appraisal Guidance, FCDPAG3 Economic Appraisal, Supplementary note to operating authorities – climate change impacts

- Earth Policy Institute (October 2003), Record Heath Wave in Europe takes 35,000 Lives, by Janet Larsen

- European Union (2007) COM(2007) 2 final, Limiting Global Climate Change to 2 Degrees Celsius The Way Ahead for 2020 and Beyond

- Land Use Consultants et al. (2005) A Toolkit for Delivering Water Management Climate Change Adaptation through the Planning System, report to Environment Agency and SEERA

- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and Scottish Executive (2004) The Planning Response to Climate Change – Advice on Better Practice

- South East Climate Change Partnership (SECCP), Sustainable Development Round Table for the East of England, and London Climate Change Partnership (2005) Adapting to Climate Change: a Checklist for Development

- South East Climate Change Partnership (SECCP), Sustainable Development Round Table for the East of England, and London Climate Change Partnership (2006) Adapting to Climate Change: a good practice guide for sustainable communities

- Stern, N. (2006) Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

- UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP ) (2002) Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom: the UKCIP02 Scientific Report

- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) (2009) United Kingdom Climate Projections 2009 (UKCP09)

- UKCIP, Defra and Environment Agency (2003) Climate Adaptation: Risk, Uncertainty and Decision-making

- Viner, D. and M. Agnew (1999) Climate change and its impact on tourism, Report for WWF–UK

- Welsh Assembly Government  (2006) Planning for Climate Change: Consultation Document

- Welsh Assembly Government  (2007) Responding to our Changing Climate: Consultation on a Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan for Wales

SEA and climate change: Guidance for practitioners (May 2004), Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency, English Nature, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants, CAG Consultants, Environmental Change Institute, UK

Incorporating Climate Change Considerations in Environmental Assessment: General Guidance for Practitioners (November 2003), Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 

Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change: Developing Strategies, Policies and Measures (February 2005), UNDP